posted July 15, 2010 11:28 PM         

Now you will know what I sound like.

I warn you....I sound very young. I definitely don't sound like my age of 38.

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Raymond Andrews,
President,Executive Director of Developmental Neurodiversity Association
Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

posted July 16, 2010 04:06 AM         

actually I think that actually helped my case
because problems remembering what I read is part of my neurodivergence of Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD. I am presenting myself as a neurodivergent with Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD. Even when I do posts including astrological posts, I'd go back every few seconds copying stuff because I hard time remembering what I am reading connected to poor short term memory (both visual and verbal). Also visual tracking problems make reading difficult for me. It actually took much much longer to do do a post than a normal person doing it.

Also word retrieval problems affect my speech.

Even speech problems wouldn't hurt my case because those are also part of my neurodivergence. I mentioned that my problems with speech made me resemble an autistic when I was a little kid, and that I had speech therapy that helped remediate my dyslexia and dyspraxia.

Verbal/word thinking isn't my primary mode of thinking. Visual/picture thinking is.
The Veteran Affairs neuropsychologist made a point that persons with strong visual skills who lack comparable verbal facility can often be frustrated because they have difficulty communicating their ideas in a highly verbal society.

Being just myself and showing my weaknesses actually help my case as a neurodivergent who is a neurodiversity advocate. There is nothing for me to hide. It would not make sense to look as neurotypical as possible when I am not.

That's my neurodivergent perspective on the matter.

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Raymond Andrews,
President,Executive Director of Developmental Neurodiversity Association
Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement